FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall supervision of the Project Manager (PM) based at the Headquarter and working in coordination with the National Project Coordinator and with the project team in the field and at Headquarter, the CTA on Health Industry is responsible for:

Main Duties

1. Project Coordination
– Prepare, in coordination with the PM and relevant sector-specific stakeholders, detailed work plans, budget requirements and priority interventions for ecosystem challenges and opportunities.
– Provide technical advice and direction to the national and international experts and ensure good relations with relevant national institutions.
– Coordinate the activities and follow up on the execution both at team level and national institutions’ levels.
– Assure the necessary coordination with the HQ team and the project donor team.
– Develop and manage partnerships with project counterparts and private sector companies.
– Coordinate missions and meetings in Senegal, in collaboration with the National Coordinator, mobilizing key local stakeholders and officials

2. Project Implementation
– Manage the implementation of the project, assuming full responsibility for the provision of project implementation services ensuring that assigned inputs are delivered on time at the right level of quality and within the allocated budget.

– Brief and liaise with the national counterparts and stakeholders on key activities for project implementation.
– Provide guidance to the international experts on situation analysis and plan review, including feasibility assessment of local API production outlined based on healthcare system and the pharmaceutical industry, needs assessment for operationalization conducted on companies and regulatory authorities.
– Serve as a resource for the project implementation, prepare progress reports and ensure activities are carried out in line with the work.
– Formulation of job descriptions for consultants to be filled for various activities in cooperation with the project manager. Assisting in the identification of suitable candidates.
– Be responsible for the day‐to‐day operations of the Project and the disbursement of local expenditures based on standard UNIDO disbursement procedures.
– Actively provide the necessary technical inputs to the National Project Coordinator and Project Management Unit in the preparation of governance meetings (such as Steering Committee meetings) and to the SC once established.

3. Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
– Ensure the administrative and financial monitoring of the project and its activities.
– Provide regular updates to the Project Manager on project activities and required actions and/or changes in accordance with the approved project document.
– Carry out missions to the country, to ensure project monitoring activities and evaluate progress against indicators.
– Prepare regular progress reports and ad hoc reports, as required, and assist in the development of visibility and information dissemination material upon request.

4. External Relations
– Establish and maintain relations and exchange of information with the local authorities, private sector institutions, enterprises, support institutions and other development partners.
– Presents the project, project progress and results to the Donors and partners to keep them updated at regular intervals; presents the project at annual steering committee meetings, liaise project activities with the Donor and partners and manages regular reporting including budget related aspects of the financing agreement.

– Ensures compliance of implementation of the Donor Visibility Requirements and proper implementation of the project’s Communications and Visibility Plan.
– Participates in key sector coordination meetings convened by the Government or development partners relevant to the action.

5. Ad-hoc Requests
– Any other assignments related to a timely and effective implementation of the project as requested by the Lead Project Manager.

6. Final Report
– As per UNIDO standards, prepare a final report on the activities undertaken during the assignment period.

MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS